Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.116, No.47, 11581-11585, 2012
UV-Vis Identification and DFT-Assisted Prediction of Structures of Cu(II)-Alkyl Chlorocomplexes
The structures of paramagnetic copper complexes, the products of photolysis of tetrachlorocuprates of quaternary ammonium in frozen solvents, earlier denoted as 1-Cu and 2-Cu, were established on the basis of comparison of experimental and theoretical UV-vis spectra. UV-vis spectra of photolysis products were registered at 77-116 K. Comparison with the EPR data in this temperature range allowed to assign photolysis products bands in the vis spectrum either to 1-Cu or to 2-Cu. Model structures for 1-Cu and 2-Cu were proposed. TD-DFT calculated spectra of model compounds along with CuCl42- anion are in excellent agreement with the experiment. The comparison of UV-vis and EPR data and results of TD-DFT calculations evidence that 1-Cu and 2-Cu are paramagnetic organochlorocuprates(II) with general formulas Cu(II)Cl2R and Cu(II)Cl3R, respectively, where R is (-C6H12)N+(C6H13)(3).